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Boston University Young Democratic Socialists’ Instagram post calling to make BU a sanctuary campus. Several student organizations made this call Monday, following the recent detainments and deportations of U.S. Visa and green card holders. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Student groups call for BU to be declared a ‘sanctuary campus’

Truman Dickerson March 26, 2025
Boston University student organizations call for the University to declare itself as a sanctuary campus.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Normalizing travelers overstepping their visas

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol April 21, 2021
It’s important to be respectful and adhere to your legal obligations to the country you’re visiting.
Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
The International Students and Scholars Office at Boston University. For international students, uncertainty looms over how the University’s Fall 2020 Learn from Anywhere program will affect their visas. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

ISSO informs graduate student her visa may be jeopardized by remote learning in Fall

Allison Pirog June 4, 2020
With coronavirus travel restrictions in place around the world, many international students at BU are left wondering if they’ll be able to return to campus in the Fall and how, if at all, their student visas will be affected.
City Crime Logs: Oct. 23 - 24

City Crime Logs: Oct. 23 – 24

Kaylie Felsberg October 26, 2017

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 23 to Oct. 24. Embezzlement reported at Braintree Realty Trust An officer filed an embezzlement claim...

A report published Wednesday found that there was a 14.18 percent increase in international students since January 2014. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

14.18 percent national increase in international students, report finds

Christy Osler April 1, 2015

There has been a 14.18 percent increase in international students enrolled at U.S. schools compared to numbers from January 2014, according to a March 25 report from the U.S. Immigration and Customs...

GIESELMANN: Process

Daily Free Press Admin February 5, 2014

In my 19 years of life I’ve realized that there isn’t much that’s more painful than waiting in line. I try to avoid situations involving lines as much as possible, but I somehow always end up back...

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